The complaint states: “Defendant TEPCO and
the government of Japan, conspired and acted in concert, among other
things, to create an illusory impression that the extent of the
radiation that had leaked from the site of the FNPP was at levels that
would not pose a threat to the plaintiffs, in order to promote its
interests and those of the government of Japan, knowing that the
information it disseminated was defective, incomplete and untrue, while
omitting to disclose the extraordinary risks posed to the plaintiffs who
were carrying out their assigned duties aboard the U.S.S. Ronald
Reagan.”

[...] Eight crew members of the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan,
whose home port is San Diego, sued the Tokyo Electric Power Co. in
Federal Court. [...]

Lead plaintiff Lindsay R. Cooper claims
Tokyo Electric (TEPCO) intentionally concealed the dangerous levels of
radiation in the environment from U.S. Navy rescue crews working off the
coast of Japan [...]

The complaint states: “Defendant TEPCO
and the government of Japan, conspired and acted in concert, among other
things, to create an illusory impression that the extent of the
radiation that had leaked from the site of the FNPP was at levels that
would not pose a threat to the plaintiffs, in order to promote its
interests and those of the government of Japan, knowing that the
information it disseminated was defective, incomplete and untrue, while
omitting to disclose the extraordinary risks posed to the plaintiffs who
were carrying out their assigned duties aboard the U.S.S. Ronald
Reagan.” [...]